Last Act (1979)
““It will do, I think.” He held out a hand to Carl.
“I think so too.” Carl looked both exhausted and jubilant as he turned to face the cast, still grouped onstage in their final positions. “I thank you all, from my heart. This has been a day to remember. Tomorrow: the dress rehearsal. And today—I should warn you—while you have been at work here, the world has come to Lissenberg. We are news, my friends, which is good or bad as you make it. I do beg you to be careful what you do or say from now o...n. Imagine that everyone you meet is a journalist, and you won’t be far wrong. We want a real success, not a scandalous one.”
Since a light lunch had been provided in the greenroom, the cast had not been out in the cloisters all day. The difference, now, was extraordinary. Down to the left, lights blazed from the hotel—fully open at last, with conference delegates and journalists pouring in. Cars were drawing up outside it all the time, letting down their passengers, then swinging round, past the steps of the opera house and so down by the hostel and away.MoreLess
“I think so too.” Carl looked both exhausted and jubilant as he turned to face the cast, still grouped onstage in their final positions. “I thank you all, from my heart. This has been a day to remember. Tomorrow: the dress rehearsal. And today—I should warn you—while you have been at work here, the world has come to Lissenberg. We are news, my friends, which is good or bad as you make it. I do beg you to be careful what you do or say from now o...n. Imagine that everyone you meet is a journalist, and you won’t be far wrong. We want a real success, not a scandalous one.”
Since a light lunch had been provided in the greenroom, the cast had not been out in the cloisters all day. The difference, now, was extraordinary. Down to the left, lights blazed from the hotel—fully open at last, with conference delegates and journalists pouring in. Cars were drawing up outside it all the time, letting down their passengers, then swinging round, past the steps of the opera house and so down by the hostel and away.MoreLess
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